National ‘A’ Division
Raffles Junior College vs Victoria Junior College
Friday, 18 May 2007 at CCAB
Story and pictures by Red Sports reader Ms Tan Huey Ying, a student-photographer from Victoria Junior College. Thanks, Huey Ying!
Justin of VJC (in yellow) tussles for the ball with Mohd Hashir of RJ while his teammate Junliang (no.2) looks on. © Tan Huey Ying
The CCAB pitch was not well-maintained and was patched with sand, mud and some grass. Some players fell when dribbling in muddy patches, many had grazed knees and elbows, and no one had a clean jersey. Both teams played hard, but the VJ boys deserve the extra commendation, given that they were coach-less in a way because Mr Tan Yew Hwee, VJ’s soccer coach, was not present at the match.
Another tussle for the ball between Hazreen of VJC and Bing Li of RJC. © Tan Huey Ying
The first goal was scored by VJC in the second half but RJ secured the equaliser soon after. During extra time, both teams came onto the pitch with renewed vigour but no one was able to close up the match by scoring the golden goal.
"Er…where did the ball go?" Bing Li of RJC loses the ball but a Roland of VJC who is on the ground can only look on. © Tan Huey Ying
Penalties followed and VJ lost 6-7. The VJ boys were heartbroken and so were the VJ supporters, many of whom cried along with the soccer boys. Commendably, RJC supporters held their cheers till after the Victorian anthem was sung. RJ and VJ supporters were respectful during the penalties with maintained silence before and during each penalty kick. However, a group of MI students were present amongst the VJC supporters and
their conduct was anything but acceptable.
Timon, the RJC keeper can do nothing about this penalty as it flies past him. © Tan Huey Ying
VJC did not deserve to lose but neither did RJC. It all boiled down to luck during the penalties.
Congrats to RJ.
N.B.: Raffles Junior College and Meridian Junior College will now meet in the Championship Final next Thursday, 24 May 2007, 4:30 pm, at the National Stadium. The 3rd/4th placing game between Victoria Junior College and St Andrew’s Junior College will start at 3 pm at the same venue.
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ahaha…woahhh…chill ppl… 🙂 yeah..next time,jz watch ur mouths. im impressed by rj’s team tis year. reali respect them…i guess dsa dun mean a lot now yea? determination is more impt…saw tt in the rj team…but i hv to say tt the vj team is stl a strong team despite this year’s loss n i thk it’s not reali fair to say tt “they hv too many big headed individuals”.guess the team spirit is not there this year..read somewhere there’s lots of conflicts. so yea…
ur right. rj do not need any DSAs. what is most impt is a team full of desire and passion to fight for a common cause. something lacking in vj this yr. what they have are too many big headed individuals.
not so great after. RJ won. in ur face and eat ur words. “no amount of tyco can win rj the finals.” i guess not so tyco after all then. hope ur happy with 3rd.
this vj team was by far one of the worst in recent years.
played the same physical hard running style as previous seasons but obviously they didnt have the same players to pull it off.
hard running and physical play can get you there most of the time like vj coach knows cos give it to him he knows the a div game.
but clearly this year their players looked to play their traditional game but were obviously not able to do it because simply put, they were not good enough.
and arrogant too.
that vj keeper was an rj reject. tried to join rj after sec4 but turned downed cos rj dont need SPORTS APPEAL players to win a championship.
team game lah deh.
happy happy doing stupid move during penalty if the vj coach were there he sure kena smacked.
don’t like to single out ppl but that guy really disgusting behaviour,
boy. its not that you joined the wrong school. its that you couldnt get into the right one.
ha…rj won…so whoever slammed them..i jz hv this to say: In Ur Face.not a student from rj,bt i give credit where credit is due.
wake up ur idea la…
vj was the better team and you know it.
see you next year.
the school was MI. anyway i think the teacher should apologize to MJC for saying the wrong school. He knew he made a mistake and should have done smth abt it and not just walk away.
Firstly the colour of the uniform was obviously different, secondly the badge was no where near the badge of mjc. MJC badge is circular and silver however that school badge is not circular and consist of blue and red colour.
And for VJC FAN you got all your facts wrong. It is IMPOSSIBLE for MJC students not being able to regconise their own uniform and why would all the mjc students complain if it was their school ? It is very obvious MJC is wrongly accused.
So Which School was it? CJC, MI or MJC?
haha im not being anti anything
im just saying rj combined foul play with extreme luck to win a football match
just so that rj supporters such as ‘check’ dont feel too happy with themselves
frankly i have no idea about mj bcos i havent seen them play
but in terms of the final and the interests of karma, lets hope they win
GO MJC!.. Do some justice our closest rival..!
It was our seniors.. not the MJCs!.. Sorry for that..
ok first of all let me clarify that i am a neutral here. i’m just puzzled at the whole anti-raffles reactions.
so greatest skill are you putting your head out and saying that rjc wont win the final? hmmm what if they do? what are you gonna say about that?
that the wind blew the ball into the net? gees let’s try to be more partial here.
the game was over. now lets hope that the final will be a cracker of a game.
hey, i agree with CHECK…like come on…who says champions will always win? there will be a time where reality hits hard in their faces…tt they cant stay on top forever… vj’s a strong team,no doubt bout tt…bt face it,if it was rj’s day,then i thk they deserved to win. all the best to both teams… 🙂
well, CHECK, i wnt u to check this out.
the controversy or strong reaction to rj winning that makes them look like unworthy winners?
maybe it’s just true? no amount of tyco can win rj the finals. =)
well said chook. finally someone who makes sense and not complaining abt would haves, could haves and should haves.
Haha if we keep going on about the game, which is really a thing of the past already, there’ll be an endless discussion of who did this or did that or who deserved it more or who should’ve gotten into the finals. Point is, game’s over, let’s move on – no point harping about what has happened, the what ifs and the what should have beens. Everyone’s got to accept that. I’m a VJC student, and some of the players are close friends of mine. Of course i feel their pain in losing, knowing they wanted it so badly. But what can anyone do? Start embittering ourselves with petty words and claims? Me thinks, we move on to the finals and 3rd/4th placings. Definitely kudos to the Raffles team, they really fought hard to stave off the defending champions. Yet i believe the Victorian team deserves credit too for the dedication and the devotion they had to the game.
So everyone, let’s look forward to a good final ahead!
gees it seems that when a raffles team beats one of the favourites in any sports, it always invokes a strong reaction from many people that they are not worthy winners. it happened with rugby, and now with soccer. even if they did have luck with them, do give them due credit because at the end of the day, they won it, and that in itself is an achievement.
let’s give credit where credit is due. we can go on about this all day but in the end the final result is still what matters. a win is a win, and we cannot take that away from anyone.
so please, let’s practise some restrain here.
i was there. those ppl are from MI. Cj had sports day there at e morning and they all left by e time e match started. n non of them were in sch uni anyway. its puzzling as to wad e MI ppl were doing there when they’re supposed to be having a GP paper eh. n it wasnt only a handful of them.
for what i know, the students that were scolded were neither from MJC or MI. they were from CJ.